August, 2010
Labrador and Dolphin
Friday, August 27th, 2010School District Bans Service Dog
Thursday, August 26th, 2010How sad. A Kentucky mother says her son’s civil rights are being violated by the school system. The Hancock County parent says her son is not allowed to have his seizure-assistance service dog with him in the classroom.
Yet 4 Paws for Ability (I’m the webmaster) just got word that in another school district in [...]
Oh No! You Ended a Sentence with a Preposition!
Thursday, August 26th, 2010You must never end a sentence with a preposition! How often did you hear this in school? I have good news: you can end a sentence any way you choose to. Ending sentences with prepositions is something I looked into. Thoroughly.
Let’s define a preposition. It’s a connective word that shows the relationship (in terms of [...]
Jessica Needs Service Dog to Help Battle Hypotonia & Congenital Heart Defects
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Jessica is Amazing, Hilarious, Bright, Brave, and the light of my life. She is also a four-year-old little girl who was born with Down Syndrome, Visual Impairment, Hypotonia, and Severe Congenital Heart Defects. Jessica has faced several obstacles, but there are many more to come in her life. We would do anything to make these [...]
Multipurpose Service Dog Will Help Benjamin Deal With Ataxia, Araflexia, Hypotonia, Epileptic Encephalopathy, and DD
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Hi, my name is Benjamin Babboni, and I was selected to receive a multipurpose service dog from 4 Paws for Ability. 4 Paws is a wonderful non-profit organization that places service dogs with kids with disabilities. My goal is to help raise $13,000 on behalf of 4 Paws for Ability so they may [...]
All About Alliteration
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Have you ever wanted to become an expert on alliteration? If nothing else, it’s such a beautiful word! Seriously, when one uses alliteration properly–especially in publications–it is subtly effective.
If you work on Web sites, e-zines, or print newsletters, this may be a good time for you to brush up on the amazing world of alliteration.
DEFINITION*:
Main [...]
Simon’s Cat in “The Box”
Saturday, August 21st, 2010Should content be considered as royalty?
Friday, August 20th, 2010Confused about the differences between online content and online copy? Join the crowd. Merriam-Webster’s* defines content as “the principal substance (as written matter, illustrations, or music) offered by a World Wide Web site.” The Web Content Style Guide (McGovern, et al.), says that content is knowledge that’s been formally produced into media (text, graphics, video, [...]
Subject/Verb Agreement for Corporation & Organization name
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Have you ever wondered if it’s okay to say, “The corporation had their records audited” or whether you should say, “The corporation had its records audited”? This is basically a subject-verb agreement issue. Let’s begin by reviewing what style guides say regarding this issue: “Is a corporation a single entity or a group of people?”
Let’s [...]